Above are images originally created for the prototype of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. Initially, the game was going to be called “Ghost Spy,” with Sissel serving as an undead, undercover agent of sorts. Obviously, the story was going to be a LOT different from what it is now.
Can I just take a moment of y’all’s time to just express my LOVE for this initial concept? I know it’s not much to go off of, but in all honesty I would have liked it if this was kinda sorta how things began. I mean, look - that one shot of Sissel running away with Lynne makes it seem as though he was working with her from the beginning, maybe dashing into that room where she seems to be under interrogation to perform a last-minute rescue. Of course, what happens next is pretty obvious.
Part of me wants to make an alternate universe storyline for this concept art, if only to see if I can kinda sorta maybe figure out the original direction it was going in. I’m really untalented in that field, though, so maybe one of my fellow Ghost Trickers can take a better shot at it.